The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.

[modern phrasing], Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, (Ratcliffe 2018)

Bibliography

Ratcliffe, Susan, ed. 2018. “Oxford Essential Quotations.” In Oxford Essential Quotations. Oxford University Press. https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191866692.001.0001/acref-9780191866692.